Tom, that's an Ulrich truck, but not a Vulcan; it's a Bettendorf T- section. Richard Hendrickson

Tom Madden wrote: That's a T-section truck, not a Vulcan. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Is this the Ulrich truck you mean, Dennis? (Scroll down in the listing for an enlarged view.) http://cgi.ebay.com/ULRICH-40-GS-GONDOLA-Southern-Pacific-SP-91976_W0QQitemZ230448409129 Tom Madden

That's because the models were entirely bogus. When the T&P rebuilt those cars with wider single doors, they also steel sheathed them. Richard Hendrickson

Dennis, the bolster height appears to be the same as on their older trucks. Richard Hendrickson

No, I weighed a new one and an old one with my postal scale, and they're almost exactly the same, just about 1/4 oz. each. Richard Hendrickson

I should mention, since we have some manufacturers who inhabit this list, that Kadee has a patent on this centering device, and while I haven't looked at it for years, I suspect it is still

One question about the new trucks, Richard. Are they much lighter than the old metal style? Pierre Oliver

Here is what he needs: http://www.irm.org/gallery/CWI1185/aab These are U section trucks, as I believe the old Ulrich trucks were, but it's been a couple decades since I've seen a pair. At least the

Attached is a Vulcan truck from the 1919 Car Builders Cyclopedia. Note the size of the rail spikes. Richard Bale tgmadden@... writes: Lack of freight car immersion

[snip] Since the Kadee trucks can be dismantled, the bolster ends can be modified with a file. As in the case of Andrews trucks, which came in as many or more variants, the name Vulcan identified

Richard Hendrickson wrote: I can't find in the article any mention of the single-door cars. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Yeah, I could, but that's why I wrote the article and published all those photos in the first place. Been there, done that, and I have better things to do with my time than produce what amounts

I just received in this afternoon's mail several samples of Kadee's new HO scale HGC trucks. They are even better than they appear in the photos, which is saying a lot. We can rejoice that the

Brian Chapman wrote: "Why off topic? The topic is how the railroads delivered material to the east coast building docks." True; however, I recommend we take further discussion off-list as the Navy

Trying to locate some accurate, HO scale, Vulcan trucks, as used on the Haskell & Barker, C&WI wood gondola, at the Illinois RR Museum. These were identified by Richard Hendrickson as Vulcan Trucks

You remembered wrong. WP's cars were all Pullman radial roofed. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA ________________________________ From: Jon Miller <atsf@...> What about the roofs? The ones on ebay

Obviously, I meant North Carolina.

Why off topic? The topic is how the railroads delivered material to the east coast building docks. I have a quote from the skipper who brought Iowa out of retirement for the Korean War. On a trip

Garth, What about the roofs? The ones on ebay were radial however I seem to remember the WP cars were flat roofs. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI